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Golden days for schools! Senator gets $400,000 for computers

Golden days for schools! Senator gets $400,000 for computers

State Sen. Marty Golden checks out a staff member’s laptop computer in his Bay Ridge district office. Eagle photo by Paula Katinas

By Paula Katinas

Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Students in six public schools in southern Brooklyn will be seeing technology upgrades in their classrooms, thanks to state Sen. Marty Golden, who secured funding in the state budget for laptop computers, Smart Boards, and other 21st Century educational tools.

“We’re ecstatic,” said Robert Zappulla, principal of PS/IS 229 in Bensonhurst. Zappulla’s school, located at 1400 Benson Ave., is getting Smart Boards and cameras for its classrooms. “It will enable us to move forward with our educational goals,” he told the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

Golden (R-C-Bay Ridge-southern Brooklyn) also obtained non-technology funding for two other schools, Dyker Heights IS, 8010 12th Ave., which will be able to wire the air conditioner in the auditorium, and PS 102, 211 72nd St., to renovate its bathrooms.

“There is nothing more important than making sure that our students have the best facilities, and the most up to date technology available, so they can be educated in a top rate environment,” Golden said. “I look forward to working with our schools in the future to continue to support their programs and needs,” he said.